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The Great McGinty

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...

1940 |1h 22m |  Comedy

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Brian Donlevy

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

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Muriel Angelus

Catharine McGinty

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Akim Tamiroff

The Boss

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Allyn Joslyn

George

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William Demarest

Skeeters - The Politician

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Louis Jean Heydt

Tommy Thompson

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Harry Rosenthal

Louie - The Boss' Bodyguard

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Arthur Hoyt

Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast

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Libby Taylor

Bessy - The Maid

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Thurston Hall

Mr. Maxwell

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Steffi Duna

The Dancing Girl

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Esther Howard

Madame Juliette La Jolla

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Frank Moran

The Boss' Chauffeur

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Jimmy Conlin

The Lookout - At Felgman's

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Dewey Robinson

Benny Felgman

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Sylvia Andrew

Bit Role (uncredited)

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William Benedict

Farm Boy (uncredited)

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Sammy Blum

Bartender (uncredited)

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Richard Carle

Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina (uncredited)

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Ed Cassidy

Detective (uncredited)

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William Edmunds

Professor - Election Official at Gymnasium (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

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Harry Hayden

Poll Watcher at Barber Shop (uncredited)

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Lorimer Johnston

Old Crack-Pot (uncredited)

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Wanda McKay

Bit Role (uncredited)

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Charles R. Moore

McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

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Paul Newlan

Ugly Prisoner Demanding Quiet (uncredited)

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Emory Parnell

Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

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Jean Phillips

New Manicurist (uncredited)

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Victor Potel

Cook (uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Mike - Cop (uncredited)

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Walter Soderling

Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)

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Kay Stewart

First Manicurist (uncredited)

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Dorothy Vernon

Voting Registrar (uncredited)

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Robert Warwick

Opposition Speaker (uncredited)

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Status

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Language

English, Russian

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